Introduction to Engineering Experimentation Surface temperat

Introduction to Engineering Experimentation

Surface temperature conduction error of a thermal probe...(more than one answer may be correct)

a. is systematic

b. is random

c. will produce a lower reading (assuming the surface is hotter than the surroundings)

d. will produce a higher reading

Solution

answer is C and D.

Systematic errors are situation dependent.

sometimes poor probe design or bad installation can easily give a system significant temperature reading errors.